Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

spendaholic

taka wrote: »

Is there much in the way of Veggie food in the series cookbook or is it predominantly meat/fish/poultry orientated food? I don't mind stuff like mince, stew or some curries etc where I can swap the meat for a veggie equivalent but you can't exactly swap a big joint or chicken for anything! :rolleyes: :rotfl: Is there non recipie info too? Thanks in advance...

There's no dedicated section, as far as I can see, on vegetarian meals. But there are vegetable meals, and there are vegetable bedrocks with meat-free tumbledowns (although some do include cheese, but I suppose the vegans would use vegan cheese).

spendaholic

debtmuncher wrote: »

does it have the cornish pastie recipe in it? featured in last weeks programme but i havent seen it around yet .

It has beef pasties, if that's the one. Nothing called Cornish pasties. It has the bakewell tart too, but it's called "bakewell in a bag". (Why?) :huh:

jd1000

Anyone find the recipe for the beef duabe on the website? I couldnt see it.

spendaholic

jd1000 wrote: »

Anyone find the recipe for the beef duabe on the website? I couldnt see it.

It's in the book, so if it can't be found on the website I'm sure one of us will be able to reproduce it and credit it and everything.

jd1000

Nice house:

http://www.jfea.co.uk/search/propsheet.asp?prop=2049

debtmuncher

spendaholic wrote: »

It has beef pasties, if that's the one. Nothing called Cornish pasties. It has the bakewell tart too, but it's called "bakewell in a bag". (Why?) :huh:

thats the one...definately pasties they made just presumed cornish cos they were adding potato or something to it. could you post up a copy of it?

bakewell in a bag is because she didnt use a baking ring. it was one flat piece of pastry, once she put the fillings on she then scrunched up the sides to support it so it did look like a bag. thought it was a fab idea for those not partiucarly experienced in the kitchen. i would try it and i like the idea of not faffing around so much.

spendaholic

debtmuncher wrote: »

thats the one...definately pasties they made just presumed cornish cos they were adding potato or something to it. could you post up a copy of it?

Not at the moment, cos I'm at work. But I can do tomorrow from home.

The_Dragon

jd1000 wrote: »

Nice house:

http://www.jfea.co.uk/search/propsheet.asp?prop=2049

this one lost me in the midst of talking about the programme and the cookery book (by the way is the book worth reading - I read cookery books for fun and loved the Valentine Warner ones!)

debtmuncher

spendaholic wrote: »

Not at the moment, cos I'm at work. But I can do tomorrow from home.

ah fab! no worries on when i get it, wouldnt be making it till either next week or the following week so plenty of time! xx

spendaholic

The_Dragon wrote: »

this one lost me in the midst of talking about the programme and the cookery book (by the way is the book worth reading - I read cookery books for fun and loved the Valentine Warner ones!)

It's this week's family's house, fresh on the market. Apparently some of us are mortally offended that they should live in such a place. Personally, I'm not bothered. It is a nice house and they both worked hard to get it. Now they're making cuts, they're having to sell it. THEY'RE not getting precious about it so I don't know why anyone else is. It's got eff all to do with anyone else.

Sorry, bit of a rant there, but this picking on the family is starting to annoy me and smacks of petty jealousy. :mad:

Ahem, anyway ... it's a nice book, has a nice feel to it, is in full colour (apart from a couple of "arty" shots of the authors). It has recipes in with pictures of all, and it has tips and other suggestions. If I read cookery books for pleasure, I'd still buy it.